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intellectual caliban (Lev)

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22. PhD student in musicology at Pitt. BA Music (UIUC, 2025). inquisitor of finite modes, perseverer of the Absolute. editor for @crittheoryworkgrp.bsky.social. banner from Soul Glo, Gold Chain Punk. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/levnekov

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intellectual caliban (Lev) @levnekov.bsky.social · Sep 5

notes to self:
- be reasonably polite to normies
- be helpful when asked
- it's ok for someone to be wrong w/o textblocking them
- your ability to make a living involves politics
- you don't have to go for the jugular every time
- strategize without becoming reliant on strategems
- touch grass

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1h

there's something here

A normal-versus-normal matchup is what politics used to be — persuasion, messaging, negotiation, compromise. Behaving this way will lose against someone donning body armor while calling you an antifa domestic terrorist MS-13 gang member. And the guy in the body armor will always lose to the guy in the inflatable frog suit.

3x3 grid charting how aura farming, shitposting, and acting normal interact

Aura Farming Shitposting Acting Normal
Aura Farming Stronger aura farmer wins Shitposter wins Aura farmer wins
Shitposting Shitposter wins Society loses Acting normal wins
Acting Normal Aura farmer wins Acting normal wins We live in a society

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 2h

Really interesting article from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com but especially intriguing to me is the number of comments below that are essentially 'OK the data don't agree with my hunch but here's an unrelated statement that proves that I'm right about AI, the death of higher education, etc'

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

www.ft.com

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 21h

An instructive structure where people feel compelled to good things for selfish reasons is a good incentive structure.

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猫飼いたい @nekokaitai123.bsky.social · 8h

#東方Project #イラスト #Art #PortfolioDay #Illustration
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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 4h

The blurbs for my book are in. It's out March 26th 2026. Since I don't have a publicist let me know if you have any interest in reviewing it. Also more than happy to talk about it in a class, seminar series, or podcast.

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 4h

And please order it for your library when you can: brill.com/display/titl.... A cheaper paperback will be out in like March 2027.

brill.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 2h

In addition to destroying ICE and DHS, we should probably start thinking about a reparations framework. If they keep records on which officers conduct arrests, we could make individual officers liable to pay damages to their victims.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 14h

mariners fans are my favorite bunch of fans of any team in any sport. i watched the bottom half of the last seven innings standing up in my living room. thanks for letting me hitch a ride

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 14h

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 14h

throw the ball, hit the ball, catch the ball. that's the name of the game right there

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Josh Dubow @joshdubowap.bsky.social · 14h

The 3-4-5 hitters in this game were a combined 0 for 33 before Jorge Polanco’s walk off single.

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Jeff Passan @jeffpasan.bsky.social · 14h

FINAL: Mariners 3, Tigers 2

The Seattle Mariners are headed to the ALCS for the first time since 2001 and will face Toronto after Jorge Polanco walked off Detroit in the 15th inning. It was the longest winner-takes-all playoff game in MLB history. Amazing night, amazing series.